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Tuesday, 03 November, 2009
Combining Africa And South America
(with comments)
At Strange Maps: The Afro-Latinosaurus Rex.
If you pick up South America and put it on top of Africa, you get this:
Then, if you rotate them 90 degrees to the left, you get this:
The narrow southern strip of South America shared by Chile and Argentina is the beast's lower jaw, Africa's southern part its upper jaw. The big, blunt bulk of West Africa is the animal's neck. Lake Victoria, the greatest of African lakes, doubles as the menacing eye of the Afro-Latinosaurus…
I wonder if that was intentional, or just a coincidence?
- By lobstah. Comment posted 03-Nov-2009 @07:30am:When I was a kid I thought Australia looked like a scottie dog...still does actually.
- By Doug. Comment posted 03-Nov-2009 @07:46am:If you rotate a map of the Great Lakes you can see the North American Elephant. God works in mysterious ways. It's proof there was an intelligent designer.
- By andrew. Comment posted 03-Nov-2009 @07:47am:Ireland looks like a flying teddy bear.
- By yickhcr. Comment posted 03-Nov-2009 @08:00am:i saw Jesus on a piece of cheeto this morning, proof that god owns Frito-Lay
- By . Comment posted 03-Nov-2009 @09:38am:What we need is a continental superimpositon that gives us an image of jesus or the virgin mary - that would be the sign I have been waiting for.
- By Shel-tone. Comment posted 03-Nov-2009 @10:42am:Shouldn't Ken Hamm be riding that T-Rex? Oh wait, I see him now...
- By . Comment posted 03-Nov-2009 @02:40pm:Intentional of whom, pray tell?
- By Inti. Comment posted 03-Nov-2009 @05:34pm:I'm sure you could make it a well-endowed and boot-wearing T-rex if you add Scandinavia and Italy.
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